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THE SM.THVILLE TIMES. SMITHVILLE. TEXAS
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Volume 71 number 4
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1962 ,
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The Smithville Times
Th* Tim*» Afcwrtod Th* Transcript August, 1094 TRANSCRIPT ANO RNTRRPMM Th* Tlnwa Established ISM — Th* Rntarpriea Istabllshad 1909
DEER CONTEST WINNER—The $25 00 cash prize for the deer having the most points in the
Rosanky Sportsman's Club contest was won by Mrs C F. Ringer of Rosanky and was killed on
■jthe Valentine Ranch and had 11 points with a 20 inch spread Shown above is Mrs Ringer ri*
Reiving the award from Weldon J Hornsey, President of the Sportsman's Club, during the
monthly meeting held last week in Rosaanky. The contest was sponsored by the Sportsman's
Club at the beginning of the deer season anxL_luj?itcd to members only. The Sportsman's Club 'now
has approximately 125 members.—Photos by Mr Faust of the local Soil Conservation District.
Bastrop County Screwworm Fund Reaches $8,687.25
School Tax Office In New Location
More Cold Weather
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Check Chats
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Only sit more days to pay your
poll tax. Even if you pre against
poll tax you had better pay up
Who knows? You may have a
chance to vote against it.
This is an election year and an
important one Many of our noliti-
cal races are "wide ripen"—every
vote will count Don't let a dol-
lar and seventy five cents stand
in your way today and be sorry
later
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John Goerlitz has been the ob-
ject of plenty of good natured
ribbing following his extremely
conservative estimate of water
used in the lee Plant fire which"
we quoted last week <He didn’t
know we were £oing to quote
him.) At any rate he said they
used over 50,000 gallons of water.
Weil, it was OVER that amount
all right. W C. (Slim) Homuth
j>a#id the .figure was nearer
100,000 gallons 96,000 to be
exact.
The Fire boys really did a
terrific job in fighting the fire.'
We saw 'em lugging heavy hoses
up and down ladders right in the
teeth of the blaze, and the heat
must have been intense
In the'midst of the raging fire
ice in the vaults did not melt, and
eleven kegs of beer that Adolph
Kloesel, local beer- distributor,
had stored at the ice plant, were
i rolled out by the firemen The
beer was unharmed by the fire
Eddie Skaggs Is
Jiew Police Aide
Eddie Skaggs has been erqploy-
ed by the City of Smithville as
assistant to J L. Dement. Chief
«»f Police Teddy Hoffman, who
had been assisting, will work
with the Bastrop County Sher-
iff's Department as a deputy.
Attend G. E. School
On January 17 Johnny Janak
and ‘Clarence Hannusch, em-
ployees of Milton's, attended the
J962 General Electric factory
authorized sen ide i school for in-
struction on the new 1962 dish
washers, washing maachines and
clothes dryers
Virgil Hoskins
Seriously Injured
In Accident
Virgil Hoskins is in Bracken
ridge Hospital in Austin with
serious injuries from an automo-
bile accident in Smithville Mon-
day night
Hoskins had his pickup parked
on First Street near the old Katy
Cafe building four snares from
the corner Felix (T-Pot) Chras-
teck”y was sitting in the pickup
and Hoskins was'landing beside
it looking for a flashlight, when
the accident occurred about 7:30
P M. A car driven by Vernon
Grady Tuck of Channelview, Tex
as, struck the rear of the pickup
swinging it around and crushing
Hoskins between the lockup and
the curb. In the car with Tuck
was his brother. Darrell Tuck of
Bastrop They had lieen at the'
Cactus Cafe and their car plowed
into the p.ckup, apparently fail-
ing to see it Driving conditions
were poor because of sleet and
ice *
Hoskins was taken by Marrs
ambulance, to Smithville Hospital
and the next morning moved to
Brackenridge He has a badly
broken hip and three broken
riba Chrastccky v is thrown
from the pickup by the impact
but Was uninjured
Neither of the Tuck brothers
was injured The driver was
charged with aggravated assault
with a motor vehicle.
With the fast approaching
deadline of February 1, Bastrop
County Stockmen' are playing a
leading role in the screwworm
eradication effdrt Through Jan-
21. 394 contributors have donat
fd $8,687.25 toward Bastrop
County's goal of $15,000 All per
sonnel connected with the pro
giam are very grateful for the
interest and support shown by
county livMtock producers, but
remind producers that our census
,*jhows us to have 1,107 farms
with 39.248 head of cattle, 549
farms having 9.319 hogs, 528
farms having 1,070 horses, and 38
Services Held For
La Grange Child
Little Paula June Chernosky,
little daughter of Mr and Mrs
A O. Chernosky. died Friday
night at Fayette Memorial Hospi-
tal following a brief illness She
was one year, nine months and
seven days old U
Funeral services wcri* held" at
2:00 P M Sunday*" at the Koenig
Funefal Home Chanel with Rev
Troy Jarvis officiating. He was
assisted by Rev. Henry Reseda of
Bellville. Interment was in the
"Santa Anna Cemetery at Nelson
v ille.
The Chernosky family has re-
sided in I .a Grange for about a
year, and the father is a rnachin*
ery salesman. They have three
other daughters. Patsy Jo, Peggy
Joy < e and Pamela Joan
—Fayette County Record
Mr and Mrs ‘E J. Mare h and
Dr arid "Mrs. J D McBe<- at
tended the funeral from Smith-
ville. The baby's father is a heph
cw of -Mr Maresh, and the ( her
noskys were close fi lends of the
McRecs, having been next door
neighbors when both families
lived in Houston.
Student Chosen
Homecoming Queen
Miss Mary Lou Taylor, who is
a sjorient at Alnena College in
Alpena. Michigan. is . spending
her trid’sr mester vacation with
her parents. Mr and Mrs Philip
Taylor l^iva Taylor was recently
chosen Hotnecoming Queen at
Alpena College', and wdl be
Crowned February 3id
farms having 1814 sheen It
would be most unfortunate if this
program were to fail due to lack
of enthusiasm by enough pro
ducers By and large, most of our
producers have contributed gen
erously But for the remainder
who want to do their share, it is
reminded that standards for do-
nations are as follows: Adult cat
tie (orfe year or older) and horses
50c per head, hogs, sheep, goats
and deer. 10c per head If you
are not contacted personally,
mail or take your check to your
respective bank Treasurers of
each Screwworm Control Bank
I-ess than half of the County's
expected voting strength has paid
poll tax or secured exemption
certificates, according to Clyde
Reynolds. Bastrop County lax
Assessor Collector With only 8
n\ore days to go Reynolds report
ed Tuesday. January 23, a total
of 1748 poll tax and exemptions
had been issued The expected
strength is between 3500 and
,4.(MX) because this is an election
year when usually the voting
strength is heavier
Poll tax must be paid by Jan
nary 31. which is next Wednes-
day.
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Southland Ice
Back In Operation
The Souihland Ice Company
here, recently destroyed by fire,
is back in operation now in all
departments except the .tual
manufacture of ice In fact* the
concern has never really be< n
completely out of business, as the
ice in the vaults was not damaged
by the fire.
Manager C#ce-Jollier says thal
the old plant will be torn down
and a storage station built For
the time being ice will be manu
factored in Austin and brought
here However, except for actual
ly making the ice. everything will
Im- as before. with the same num
ber of persons employed, and the
same service available
Mr Miller said .they appreciat
ed very much the fine service on
the part of the Smithville Fire De
partment in answering the call soi
promptly, and in working so hard I
to get the fire under control. Also
they appreciate the Bastr ip Fin
Department * coming to help, and I
local citizens helping out who
were not members of the dypart
ment.
Account are as folows:
First State Bank, Smithville,
Weldon Mayes; First National
Bank. Bastron, Wallace Hefner;
Citizens State Bank. Bastrop, Billy
Townsend. Elgin National^ Bank.
Elgin ,Ray Arbuskle*"”Jr. F
Due to the severe winter we
are experiencing. the program
may possibly lie launched this
spring, and if enough counties
reach their goal of contributions.
w.e could possibly Im- rid of the
screwworm for good The County
Screwworm Control Committee
urges all stockmen to donate by
February 1st, especially in lieu
of this late development
Contributions since the last
published list of January 11 in-
clude the following:
Smithville" Tsam Contributors
George Metith"4 Son. Frank
Vok-ik. J Clarence Miller. Qutnu
Schlortt, J E Morgan. Waller
Gray, Allen Thompson. I D Eas-
ley. T 1. Carlisle,'Jim* Wiest, J&V
Cattle Co. Delphine Janecka.
H A Otto, Mrs R B Murray.
(Continued on Page 5)
Winners Told In
Deer Contest
Winners in the Bastrop County
deer shoot divided $25 00 in prize
money Thursday ev< ning, at tin
regular meeting of the Bastrop
County Sod Conservation District
Board of Supervisors Walter
Dube of McDade received $15 (X)
for the heaviest buck, field dress-
ed at 140 pounds at the Southside
meat market in Elgin i
Dwii-ht Nance.' Smithville, was
awarded $5 00 by the Smithville
lx>< ker Plant fur. his 1.14 pound
buck
Bryson French Jr of Bastrop
received $5 (X) from the Bastrop
Food laxker for the largest buck
weighed there. another , 134
pounds of Bastrop County vein
son
Alton Patschke, chairman of
the board of supervisors for the
Bastrop County Sod Conservation
District, presented the first place
winner wjth a $IO(X> check on be
half of ihe sponsoring nrganiza
turn Ea< h of1 the three weighing
stations awarded $5 (X) to the, top
deer weighed at the respective
lo<ations ‘
The Sod Conservation District
sponsored the contest as a means
of developing wide interest in
Bastrop County wild game, ac-
cording to Daie CJnnon'of Elgin,
secretary for the Conservation
District. It was estimated . that
over 400 BasfTop County dor
were killed during the season
Tigers Win Over
Bastrop 70 To 44
By Sharon Hill »**
»■
Friday, January 19 the Bastrop
Bears came over to play the
Smithville Tigers.
The game was very good and
exciting since Bastrop is our old
rival
1 he final score was in favor of
the Tigers Smithville 70 and
Bastrop 44
' The high point scorer of the
game was Pat Vacek with 32
points others helping to make
siores for the Tigers were as fol
lows
David Zintnu rhanzel, 12; Wayne
Homuth. 10; ‘ Johnnie Richards.
8. Herbert Howard. 4: David Las
tovica, 2. Joe Cockrell, 2
I think everyone should be
very proud of the Tigers because
they are. in second place in the
district
The Tigers nlay Schulenburg
here Thursday ni-'.ht al 6 30.
Saturday night the boys and girls
4eams journey to Moulton to play
make up games called off be-
cause of the cold weather
TIGERETTES PLAY BASTROP
By Donna Nawouiit
On Friday, January 1.9th the
Smithville •Tlgerette Team played
Bastrop in Smithville
The score ended 40 to 16 in
favor of Bastrot) Although v\e
did not win, the -girls, played a
good game High noint scorer
for Smithville was Dixie lluse
with 6 points. Others who scored
for Smithville were Glenda Scog-
gins. 4 points, Barbara Richards,
■1; Elizabeth Evamcky, 2; Carolyn
Vacek 1; and Sparky Wallace. 2.
The girls play Moulton Satlir
day night in Moulton We hope
everyone will 'give his support
Otto Lee Kemp
Is Born Here
Mr and Mrs Barney Kemp
are the proud parents of a baby
boy born- January" 15. 1962 at the
Weishuhn Hosnital The little
fellow weighed 7 pounds. 11
ounces and has been named Otto
la-e Kemp He has an older sis
1< r. Joy Lynn. 21 months old
The baby's mother wdl be re
membered as the former Margie
Ann Stall
"Granparnets include Mr A ( ,
Kemp of Bastrop. Mrs Mary(
Kemp of Elgin, Mr and Mrs
Walter Ki Iley Great grandpar
cuts are Mr and )Jis Bib lame
of Elgin and Mr and Mrs E
Stall of Marshall. Texas
Smithville, along with the rest
of the state of Texas, received
another (lose of cold winter
weather this week
We thought we had about had
it over the weekend with cold
drizzle and clammy fog, until
Sunday afternoon when it began
to clear somewhat and warm up
Di'tr'cl Governor
To Speak At Lions
Club Anniversary
Herbert A Schroeder
The Lions Club of Smithville
will welcome Herbert A SchroK-
der, District Governor 2 S3. Lions
International.* which includes 47
clubs in this section of the state.
Lion Schroeder's office Is located
at Colurnbyys, Texas He is a mein
ber of the Columbus Lions Club
For eight years Ire held an office!
in the Columbus,r Texas Bions
Club and during the year of
1952-53 was president of that
club He has five years of perfect
att< ndaance
District Governor Herbert A
Schroeder will visit the Lions
Club of Smithville on Tuesday.
February 6, 1962, win n the local
club wdl observe their 35th an
niversary with a Charter and
Ladies Night dinm r at 7 30 I’ M
at the Bines Hotel v
Lion Schroeder was born in
Milam County Sharp Texas He
has a wife, Audrey. I wo sons.
HcrlM-rt Jr. 18. David 9. and-o
daughter, Judv. 16 He rei eivj d
his "B S ami M S Degrees from
Texas A4M College and is now
serving as County School Super
i.iil'ruli nt in ( olorado County
He is a meniti- r of the Amen
(Continued on Back Page)
Then Bingo' Monday it started
all over again At 9 40 A M Mon
day the temperature was a mild
65 degrees. Twenty minutes later
the mercury had dropped to a
shivery 40 degrees, at 11 45 it
was 34 degrees, and al 1:00 P M
a frigid 31 and still going down,
though not so fast Rain turned
to sleet, and ice began forming
on wet surfaces.
The mercury dronned to 25
Monday night and by Tuesday
morning everything was iced over
and it was still sleeting Schools
did not otM-n because of the icy
condition of the roads The slow
cold drizzle continued through
Wednesday, but b.-gan warming
up some Wednesday night
Another cold spell is reported
to be coming in over the weekend
that may be Hie coldest we have
had
Mrs Herman Darling reports
05 of on inch of rain Sunday.
.Jan 21. 04 of an inch Monday;
Tuesday it was freezing and
could nol be measured, 10 of an
inch Jan 24 and 20-Jan 25. mak
mg’a total since Sunday of 39
The refit of the month of January
we havie had a Pvvtd*of "84 ^s fol
lows: 4th. .20; 9th, 40; 14th, 12,
18th, 10; 19th. 02
New Great
Granddaughter
Mr and Mrs J C. Smiith arc
happy over the arrival Of a new
great granddaughter, laiura De
Lynn Hutt, little daughter of Mr
and Mrs Jun Hutt of Victoria
The little miss was born January
19. 1962 and weighed 8 pounds.
9 ounces
Grandparents are Mr and Mrs
Homer Hempel and Mr and Mrs
Jim Hutt of Roeg Springs
New Arrival
Is Baby Girl
Mr and Mrs Billy
of Houston announce
of a little daughter,
uary 12. 1962 The little girl
weighed a few ounces over eight
pounds, and has been named
Patricia lay' Mrs Glenn and
the .baby are in Columbus with
parents. Mr and Mrs Sroncc
The other proud grandmother is
Mrs Fred Glenn, Sr of Smith
vtlle
The Tax Office of the Smith-
ville Independent School District
will be located at 306 Main sk^et
(formerly Pat's Flowers) in the
future, and will Im- open for busi-
ness in the new location February
1. according to Superintendent
of Schools G M. Blackman
Raymond C Rapp was recently
appointed by the School Board as
Tax Assessor Collector for the
district and he will assume his
duties February first He replaces
Randolph Bunte who resigned as
School tax assessor-colector the
latter part of last year
Mr Rapp is also a deputy col-
lector for Bastrop County m the
automotive division, handling li-
censes for automotive vehicles,
transfers, etc.
The auto registration will be
handled from the same office at
31X1 Mam Street.
The 1962 license plates go on
sale F’ebruary 1. and must be on
cars by April 1 Mr. Rapp reminds
all purchasers of license plates
that they must have their last
year's license receipt, and their
certificate of title before a new
plate can be issued. The title is
a prerequisite to registration un-
der the “Texas Title Act"’, which
became effective on Oct 1, 1939.
with named exceptions. The Tax
Collector should not be asked to
issue a license in violation of the
above law
Since April 1st falls on Sunday,
the plates will have to be pur
chased by March 31 Those wait-
*ing until Annl 2 will have to sign
an affidavit stating they have not
driven their car, or else pay the
20 per cent late penalty.
Explorer Scant
Meeting Called
There will be- a meeting at the
City IB II in Smithville next
Wednesday. January 31, for ALL-
boys 14 years and above interest-
ed in Explorer Scouting The
meeting will lie at 7l30 P M and
all boys of the community are
urged (o attend and bring ’heir
dads (If you are the father of
a boy 14 years or older, then
come and bring your son >
Mr Richard Bentley. Director
of Explorin'* of the Canifol Area
Rites Today For
Mrs. Walston
Mrs Minnie Walston. 86. died
Wednesday in Smithville at the
home of a daughter, Mrs Jessie
Murvc
. Funeral services were sche-
duled lo lx- held this afternoon.
Thursday, at 2 IX) o'clock at Marrs
Finn r.il Home witu Rev A. C.
IVterson officiating. Burial will
be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Besides Mrs Morec, survivors
include three other daughters,
Mrs Marvin Wilson of Oldenburg,
Mrs Bessie I'ue of San Antonio
and Mrs Marguerite Janek of
Smithville; two sons, Charlie
Bryant and Milton Bryant, both
of Houston, a sister. Mrs Dora
Seweij of Houston, and 10 grand-
children and 16 great grandchil-
dren
A more (omplelo obituary will
afhx-.ir in a later issue of the
Times,
Wins Top Honors
In Livestock Show
Mr and Mrs H R Callahan at-
tended the Fat Stock Show in
Kerrville Monday in wh'ich their
grandson, Marshall Johnson had
jwo entries, a heifer and a lamb.
He won top honors of the show
on his heifer for which .he re-
ceived a plaque and other awards.
Pay Your Poll Tax Before Wednesday, January 31
DEER CONTEST RUNNERS-UP—Rec ivi n;t honorable mention and both having 11 noint bucks in
'he recent Rosanky Deer, Contest were ( olonei ( F Kini-cr. *liovc left, and former County Commis-
sioner Ed Curtis The results of the contest were determined, in the event of a tie. by ftp- deer
having the widest spread of antlers ‘ .
Roll Tax Lagging
Council, will speak at the meet-
Dan Glenn
the arrival
bdrn Jan
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